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NO fewer than 500 kids from the 25 Local Government Areas of Niger State are expected to participate in the 9th Jomirota National Basketball Clinic in Minna.

The annual clinic is organised by a United States-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Time Out 4 Africa Sports and Education Foundation. It will attract primary school and secondary school pupils.

The preliminary stage of the clinic was held in Bida, Suleja, Kontagora and Minna where kids from some selected schools participated.

The final stage in Minna will feature a basketball match on Saturday.

Founder and Director of Time-Out-4Africa, Mr. Jonathan Kolo, told reporters at the opening ceremony in Minna that the clinic was meant to impart the basic knowledge of the game to the kids.

Kolo said, “The essence of what we are doing is to help to promote and develop basketball in the state, we want to catch them young and this is part our contribution to enhance the development of the game in the state and the country in general.”

He said Kano and Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory participated in last year’s edition. Kolo added that Edo, Enugu and Sokoto states had been captured by the foundation.

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